January 7, 2024
The Good News and Bad News About Procurement Influence Today
“I think it is really important not to assume that just trying to tie everything to revenue is the right…
December 3, 2023
The Opportunity for Procurement to Collaborate with End Customers
“Purchasing has always been finally responsible for quality, cost, and delivery, but with some of the global challenges we’ve had…
November 26, 2023
Deloitte’s 2023 CPO Survey: Orchestrators of Value
“The most successful procurement teams have a strong ability to articulate what they’re doing in the context of overall business…
November 19, 2023
Tackling Procurement’s Perception Problem
“Today, if we’re recruiting fresh talent, the right resource pool is not available. That talent incubation is not happening, which…
November 1, 2023
State of Packaging Procurement in 2024
When looking at the packaging category in traditional terms, it is usually considered indirect spend - and that may be…
November 1, 2023
Driving the Best Business Outcomes From IT Providers
For the last couple of years, procurement has been laser-focused on managing the risk associated with IT providers. And while…
October 19, 2023
Negotiating Lessons from Hollywood Labor
Why did the Hollywood writers’ strike take so long to resolve and why is the screen actors’ guild still on…
October 8, 2023
Managing Services Procurement on a Grand Scale
“If you want to be successful in what you do personally or professionally, you’ve got to manage relationships because the…
September 17, 2023
[Pod] Adopting a Challenger Attitude in Complex Spend Categories
“If you look at the strategic sourcing process, I think it was made for complex categories. That’s one of the…
